Learning - Abhishek Chakraborty (Page 2)

The Feynman Technique: The Ultimate Guide to Learn Anything

The Feynman Technique is a learning concept you can use to understand just about anything. This technique doesn’t let us fool ourselves into thinking we’re masters of a subject when we’re really amateurs.

Richard Feynman On The Difference Between Knowing the Name of Something and Knowing Something

Knowing the name of something doesn’t mean you understand it. In order to talk to each other, we have to have words, but we often talk in fact-deficient, obfuscating generalities to cover up our lack of understanding.

Learning Through Thrills and Pleasure

The opposite of learning through pain is learning through thrill and pleasure. Doing experiments to find faults in the laws, doing mathematics to find errors in the theorems makes studying a whole new game.

Einstellung Effect: When Prior Knowledge Harms Performance

During creative problem-solving, prior knowledge and experience can enhance performance by efficiently guiding us towards solutions that worked in the past. However, prior knowledge can also harm performance if the problem requires a novel solution.